Widget Problems

I think your theme not support dynamic sidebar.
Try this into sidebar.php

<div id="sidebar">
<ul>
<?php if(!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar()) : ?>
  /* write here original sidebar contents, or keep nothing */
<?php endif; ?>
</ul>
</div>

Okay, that definitely worked. However, the old stuff is still there and the new sidebar is in the wrong place. Any idea how to solve this?

BTW, I wrote “keep nothing” and it didn’t change anything.

the old stuff is still there

Because you dont remove the code that output the old stuff.

/* write here original sidebar contents,
means:
If you want to show the old stuff when no widgets are specified,
replace ‘/* write here original sidebar contents, or keep nothing */’ with the code that output the old stuff.

or keep nothing */
means:
If you DONT want to show the old stuff anyway,
delete ‘/* write here original sidebar contents, or keep nothing */’ or dont edit the comment.

If you are confused, pls show your sidebar.php. I will fix it.

Still confused and can’t get it to work… Here is my sidebar.php

<div id="sidebar">
		<ul>

			<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=<h2>Pages</h2>' ); ?>

			<li><h2>Archives</h2>
				<ul>
				<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
				</ul>
			</li>

			<?php wp_list_categories('show_count=1&title_li=<h2>Categories</h2>'); ?>

			<?php if ( is_home() || is_page() ) { ?>
				<?php wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>

				<li><h2>Meta</h2>
				<ul>
					<?php wp_register(); ?>
					<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
					<li><a href="https://www.ads-software.com/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li>
					<?php wp_meta(); ?>
				</ul>
				</li>
			<?php } ?>

		</ul>
		<? $sg = 'banner'; include "templates.php";?>
	</div>

<div id="sidebar">
<ul>
<?php if(!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar()) : ?> keep nothing
<?php endif; ?>
</ul>
</div>

Thanks for your help.

This code will work fine for you:

<div id="sidebar">
  <ul>
    <?php if(!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar()) : ?>
    <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=<h2>Pages</h2>' ); ?>
    <li><h2>Archives</h2>
      <ul>
        <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <?php wp_list_categories('show_count=1&title_li=<h2>Categories</h2>'); ?>
    <?php if ( is_home() || is_page() ) { ?>
    <?php wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>
    <li><h2>Meta</h2>
      <ul>
        <?php wp_register(); ?>
        <li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.ads-software.com/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li>
        <?php wp_meta(); ?>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <?php } ?>
    <?php endif; ?>
  </ul>
  <? $sg = 'banner'; include "templates.php";?>
</div>

Great! Thanks kz!